Use of atorvastatin in systemic lupus erythematosus in children and adolescents.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on January 01, 2012

Authors

L E Schanberg1, C Sandborg, H X Barnhart, S P Ardoin, E Yow, G W Evans, K L Mieszkalski, N T Ilowite, A Eberhard, L F Imundo, Y Kimura, E von Scheven, E Silverman, S L Bowyer, M Punaro, N G Singer, D D Sherry, D McCurdy, M Klein-Gitelman, C Wallace, R Silver, L Wagner-Weiner, G C Higgins, H I Brunner, L Jung, J B Soep, A M Reed, J Provenzale, S D Thompson, Atherosclerosis Prevention in Pediatric Lupus Erythematosus Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. schan001@mc.duke.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Atherosclerosis Prevention in Pediatric Lupus Erythematosus (APPLE) | NCT00065806

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